Soften and smooth edges

- Now the big difference between a circle…and a polygon is how SketchUp treats the edges.…So let's draw one of each and take a look…at how those differences work.…So I'm going to go here to my toolbar…and we're going to draw a Circle.…Now before I do anything I'm going to type in the number 12…and hit enter to create a circle…with 12 sides.…So I'm going to go ahead and left click and drag…and let's drag something out that's 3 feet in Radius.…

And now because I've reduced the number of sides…you can see them fairly easily.…Now let' go ahead and draw a 12 sided polygon.…So I'm going to go ahead and select the Polygon tool,…and again, I'm going to type in the number 12…and hit enter to set the number of sides to 12.…And again, left click and drag…and let's type in 3 feet.…Now we've created two shapes…and they both look very similar.…

They both have 12 sides,…they both have the same radius,…but when we pull these up into geometry…notice the difference.…So I'm going to go ahead and select the one…that was the circle first.…

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1/26/2016

SketchUp Essential Training teaches the basics of SketchUp's easy-to-use 3D drawing, design, and rendering tools. Learn how to navigate 3D space in SketchUp, customize the interface, and start drawing. These SketchUp tutorials are suitable for a wide variety of fields: architectural design, landscaping, engineering, and even video game design. Author George Maestri also discusses how to organize complex drawings with groups and layers, create and apply materials on Windows and Mac computers, render drawings, and create simple animations for presentation.

These tutorials work with both SketchUp Make, the free version of the program, and SketchUp Pro.